EU Greens pick veteran MEPs to lead election campaign

Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout vow to fight for more equal and ecological Europe amid surge to far right The European Green party has picked Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout as lead candidates to front its campaign ahead of elections in June that polls suggest will see it lose seats.Flanked by green banners bearing the word "courage", the two MEPs, who were elected by delegates at a congress in Lyon on Saturday, said they would stand up to the surge of the far right and fight for a more equal and ecological Europe. Continue reading...